Fence-post.



- No. 785,417. PA'TENTED MAR. 21, 1905.

, E.,E. GARDNER.

FENCE POST.

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Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND E. GARDNER, OF HAMLER, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 785,417, dated March21, 1905. Application filed November 2, 1904. Serial No. 231,143.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, EDMUND E. GARDNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hamler, in the county of Henry and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Fence-Post, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to fence-posts formed from artificial stone,concrete, or similar materials or compounds, and has for its object toimprove the construction and increase the strength and durabilty andlikewise simplify and improve the means whereby the fencewires areattached.

\Vith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designat' ingcharacters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of theinvention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, itbeing understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto,as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage ofthe parts may be resorted to Without departing from the principle of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

in the drawings thus employed, Figure l is a perspective view of one ofthe improved posts complete. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a detached perspective view of one of the tie-rods.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the improved core-platedetached.

The improved postherein described may be constructed of any requiredlength or size according to the form of fence with which it is employed.if supported upon sub posts or bases, they will be from three to fivefeet in length, but if partially embedded they will be from six to eightfeet-in length. Then,

again, the corner-posts and those employed at gateway-openings will belarger and stronger than the intermediate posts; but the improved andnovel features of the invention will be substantially the same in allthe various sizes employed.

For the purpose of illustration an ordinary form of fence-post is shownat 10, square in transverse section and tapering toward the upper endand with transverse channels 11 near the lower end, the lower end forembedding in the ground in the usual manner, and the channels to receivethe soil or tamping and effectually preventing the upheaval of the postfrom the action of frost or from other causes.

Embedded by one edge in the post longitudinally is a sheet-metalcore-plate 12, provided with a plurality of transverse apertures 13relatively near the edge within the post and preferably elongated andwith a plurality of apertures 14 near the edge protruding from the postand spaced apart to correspond with the strand-wires of a fence andadapted to receive the same, the apertures 14 each connected through theadjacent edge of the plate by clefts 15. inclined to the longitudinalplane of the plate, and the tongues thus released for bending laterallyto provide for the insertion of the wires in the apertures and then bentback to the former posi tion to prevent the removal of the Wire.

It will be obvious that when the post is molded around theinwardly-projeeting portion of the plate 12 the plastic material fromwhich the body 10 of the post is constructed will enter the apertures13, and thus very firmly anchor the plate within the post. As additionalanchoring means small rods 17, hook-shaped at the ends, are insertedthrough the apertures during the process of the molding and extendingeach side of the plate. These anchoring-rods, as will be seen, areprovided with inturned hooks at both ends, and they will thereforereadily catch and be retained in the apertures 13 of the plate 12, nomatter from which side they may be inserted, and they are free fromliability of displacement when the said plate is placed in the mold. Themostimportantfeature, however, of said hooked rods is that owing totheir peculiar construction they Will greatly brace the material ofwhich the bolt is constructed turned hooks.

I Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- A post ofplastic material having embedded therein a flat metallic plate one edgeof which projects beyond the face of the post and constituteswiresupporting means; the embedded portion of said plate being providedwith apertures and with binding members consisting of rods extendingthrough said apertures and provided at the ends thereof with inturnedhooks to engage said apertures and to resist lateral strain.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND E. GARDNER.

Witnesses:

J. ZIERoLF, WM. N. ZIEROLF.

